he is committed to reducing the budget deficit to 3% next year and signing into law the fiscal compound which would prevent france balancing its budget over the medium term. the concern with france at this point is closing the budget gap by raising taxes and to address issues about competitiveness and getting more people to employment in france they have to reduce taxes and labor taxes which are among our highest in the world and it would see how they are going to do that without public spending and that is something that has been reluctant to do. they have some time to turn that around. liz: lowering taxes improve the picture is what i am hearing you say. thank you for joining us. david riley of sovereign rating saying the triple the-credit rating for spain will remain the same even if they ask for a bailout plan. we are 16 minutes from the closing bell. walmart, target, bed bath and beyond. the want to get a read on their health? head to cleveland where real-estate investment trust td are which focuses on value oriented shopping malls coming up. we are talking to corp.'s ceo, daniel h